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Lathyrus

Definition: Lathyrus

Lathyrus

Noun

1. Genus of climbing herbs of Old World and temperate North and South America: vetchling; wild pea.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Sweet pea

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Scientific classification
Kingdom
Division
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Plantae
Spermatophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Fabaceae
Lathyrus
Sweet pea: Everlasting pea: Lathyrus latifolius

Sweet Peas are part of the pea family, but unlike most peas, are not edible. The name comes from their sweet fragrance.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sweet pea."

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Synonym: Lathyrus

Synonym: genus Lathyrus (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Lathyrus

English words defined with "Lathyrus": Beach peaeverlasting peavetchling. (references)
Specialty definitions using "Lathyrus": Lathyrism. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Lathyrus" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Dutch (vetchling).

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Commercial Usage: Lathyrus

DomainTitle

Books

  • Lathyrus and Lathyrism: Proceedings of the International Symposium (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Photo Album: Lathyrus

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Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Beach pea - Lathyrus japonicus. This plant is common along the sandy shores of the island. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Wild Sweetpea (Lathyrus latifolius) in Medford. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Expressions: Lathyrus

Expressions using "Lathyrus": genus Lathyrus Lathyrus Americana lathyrus hirsutus lathyrus japonicus lathyrus latifolius Lathyrus macrorhizus lathyrus maritimus lathyrus niger lathyrus nissolia lathyrus odoratus lathyrus palustris lathyrus pratensis lathyrus sativus lathyrus splendens lathyrus sylvestris lathyrus tuberosus lathyrus vernus. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Lathyrus

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

fremontii lathyrus

9

lathyrus odoratus

9

lathyrus

8

lathyrus ochroleucus

4

lathyrus latifolius

4

lathyrus sativus

3

lathyrus sylvestris

3

euphorbia lathyrus

2

lathyrus laxiflorus

2
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Anagrams: Lathyrus

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-l-r-s-t-u-y"

-2 letters: lustra, rashly, stylar, sultry, thurls, thusly, thuyas, trashy, ultras.

-3 letters: artsy, aryls, halts, harls, harts, hasty, hauls, hulas, hurls, hurly, hurst, hurts, hylas, laths, lathy, lusty, lyart, rhyta, rushy, rusty, ruths, salty, satyr, sault, saury, shalt, shaly, shaul, slaty, stray, surah, sural, surly, sutra, tahrs, talus, thurl, thuya, trash, trays, truly, tushy.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-l-r-s-t-u-y"
 

+4 letters: amateurishly, brushability, distraughtly, unhysterical.

 

+5 letters: heuristically, polyurethanes, southeasterly, treacherously, ultraphysical.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Lathyrus


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 61 74 68 79 72 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-..    .-    -    ....    -.--.    .-.    ..-    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01100001 01110100 01101000 01111001 01110010 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#97 &#116 &#104 &#121 &#114 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0061 0074 0068 0079 0072 0075 0073

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4667867491848785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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